Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 461

Chapter 461 It Is Better to Not Kill a Single Person Than to Slaughter a City
Qin Mubai and the others entered the barracks of the Gaochang Army and arrived at the tent. Gao Changjun’s two main generals, Qu Wensheng and Qu Wenyuan, hurriedly led the generals and officials to kneel to welcome them.

Xue Rengui told Qin Mubai that Qu Wensheng and Qu Wenyuan were King Gao Chang’s relatives, and that the two previous Kings of Gao Chang had given them command of Gao Chang’s military power in succession. The population of the entire Gaochang Kingdom was less than two hundred thousand, but the number of soldiers and horses was more than thirty thousand. Because Gaochang is a hub of the Silk Road, Shangfu is very active, but because the country is small but very rich. In fact, eighty to ninety percent of the Gaochang army was paid to recruit soldiers. Most of them were nomadic Turks and Nine-surnamed Tiele. Most of them were proficient in riding and shooting and lived in the army for a long time. In addition, there were some Han Rangers who had left their hometowns and professional soldiers from various countries in the Western Regions. Therefore, Gao Changguo’s army actually had a little combat strength, especially its individual combat strength was very strong. However, these people were mixed and unavoidable. In addition, Gao Changwu was talented, and he usually ignored training and control of the army. As a result, the Gao Changwu army seemed to be fragile and unable to withstand a single blow.

Qin Mubai thought to himself that a professional soldier of the nomadic race who was proficient in riding and shooting was a rare and good resource. These twenty to thirty thousand Gaochang cavalry are rotten wood in the hands of Qu Wensheng and the others. Once they are in the hands of someone from Qin Dynasty, I will make them transform into miracles.

Qu Wensheng and more than 20 Gao Changjiang, kneeling in two rows on the snow outside the tent, did not dare to raise his head.

Qin Mubai stopped and stared at them for a long time. He lifted his foot and walked into the tent. When he was about to enter the tent, he coldly threw out a sentence, “Get up, talk inside the tent.”

On a cold day, Qu Wensheng and the others were already wet with sweat. The enmity of killing their father was sworn. Back then, they had participated in the military operation to kill Qin Shubao. Although they had been coerced and lured by the Norland Turks, their hands were still stained with the blood of the soldiers of the Western Conquest Army and Qin Shubao. Right now, even if they couldn’t beat him, they wouldn’t be able to escape. Right and left, there were people trying to kill me. Qu Wensheng and the others were already in a state of panic.

After entering the tent, Qin Mubai sat down on the throne with the golden saber. Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang stood at the left and right, and a group of soldiers in Lotus Armor placed their sabers on both sides of the tent. There was a faint murderous aura. When Qu Wensheng and the others walked in, they were all silent like cicadas, cold sweat dripping down their foreheads.

“Qu Wensheng.” Qin Mubai called out.

“Ah? … Ah!! Yes, Mo Jiang is here!” Qu Wensheng was shocked and hurriedly replied.

“What are you panicking about?” Qin Mubai said calmly, “Let me ask you, what is your relationship with Little Wang Qu Zhisheng of Gaochang?”

“At the end of the day, it will be the king … Oh no, it’s Qu Zhicheng’s cousin, cousin. Qu Wenyuan is my younger brother. The two of us are both Qu Zhicheng’s cousins.” Qu Zhisheng replied with a trembling face.

Qin Mubai’s eyebrows sank slightly as he took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. He said without anger, “Junior Xiao, you are so fickle that you are carrying the Alliance to kill your master! You should peel off your tendons and file your bones into ashes!”

“Ha!!” The solemn soldiers of the Baiji Guards standing beside him shouted in unison. They were ferocious and ferocious!

Qu Wensheng and the others were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and shouted, “General Mo has no choice but to obey orders. I hope that Major Marshal will forgive me for the death penalty! Now that the sin canal has been ambushed, we are willing to be slaves to our dogs and pledge our loyalty to Lord Major Marshal for forgiving our previous sins! We pledge our our loyalty to our deaths, pledge our loyalty!”

As he kowtowed in panic, Qu Wensheng knelt forward and picked up a few thick books with both hands. He trembled and said, “This is my kingdom’s Deed of Mouth and Botany, cattle, horses, and livestock, as well as Cuckoo Chan’s money and rations. Please accept the Sergeant Book, please, Major Marshal!”

Qin Mubai coldly glanced at him and slowly picked up the few books and casually flipped through them. Suddenly, the pain in his heart greatly changed!

Among them was a book that recorded the money in the treasury. On it was the handwriting of his deceased father, Qin Shubao!

Seeing this, most of the crowd understood the reason in their hearts. Qu Wensheng was momentarily dumbfounded as he shouted in his heart. Originally, he wanted to take the initiative to show his goodwill and plead not guilty to death, but he didn’t expect to overlook such a fatal detail!

Even Xue Rengui pinched a cold sweat for Qu Wensheng and the others. Now that he had witnessed the hatred of others, Qin Mubai was definitely going to kill them!

“Take it.” Unexpectedly, Qin Mubai only said a few words and handed the pamphlets to the sergeant beside him. Then, he said, “There is a debt owed to you. Although you are accomplices, you are not guilty to death. Stand up!”

“Thank you, Young Marshal Qin! Thank you, Young Marshal Qin!” Qu Wensheng and the others’ crazy hearts finally returned to their bodies. They hurriedly kowtowed and thanked each other, and stood up in panic. Just as he stood there, Qu Wensheng hurriedly took out a bag of things and offered it to Qin Mubai, saying, “This is the Tiger Talisman of Gaochang’s army. Please accept it with a smile! Gaochang’s army is mostly recruiting, and the soldiers only recognize the Tiger Talisman. With this Tiger Talisman, these soldiers are from Major Marshal!”

Qin Mubai glanced at him and smiled indifferently. Without any hesitation, she reached out to weigh it in her hand and said, “That’s right, a pure purple-gold tiger talisman.” This was the only thing that weighed a bit. Qu Wensheng, in public and in private, you are all people who will die now. “But I won’t kill you. I’ll send someone to send you to Chang’an to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Tang.”

‘”Eh!” Qu Wensheng and the others were dumbfounded once again. They thought that apart from this sacrifice of the head, they would not be able to buy back a single life.

Qin Mubai saw through their thoughts and said, “These things, whether you give them or not, will ultimately be mine.” That is to say, in view of your decent attitude, I will give you a chance to survive. To be honest, your chances of surviving in Chang’an are greater than staying here. Even if I don’t kill you, I can’t guarantee that my soldiers won’t seek vengeance with you. My Great Tang has always ruled the world with benevolence and virtue, and my Emperor is even more benevolent, righteous, and holy. If you go to Chang’an, you can still try your luck. ”

“Alright, we are willing to be escorted to Chang’an. Everything will be up to Young Marshal Qin.” Qu Wensheng and the others had no choice but to panic and obey. It was obvious that Qin Mubai had annexed their army and taken them as spoils of war, giving them to the Great Tang Emperor, giving him a chance to show off his dignity and bearing as a human ruler.

“This is ruthless!” Qu Wensheng shouted in his heart, “He didn’t kill a single person, but he was even more ruthless than slaughtering the entire city. He was simply devouring the entire Gao Changguo!” Now, not only did he gain a good reputation for returning kindness for kindness without caring about personal grudges, he had already eaten up all of Gao Changguo’s bones and even spat out a bit of bone scrap as a favor! This brat was much more ruthless than his own father! “We can’t beat him now, we can’t run away, and even Dou Xin Yan will be defeated-he deserves our lives!”

“On New Year’s Eve, please come to the camp of Yumen Pass as well, and celebrate the festival!” Qin Mubai stood up and left with the generals.

After leaving the tent, Qin Mubai handed the Tiger Talisman to Su Dingfang and said, “Dingfang, move the 20,000 cavalry from Gao Changguo into Yumen Pass and mix them with the 30,000 Tang soldiers in the middle of the pass. Among every five hundred people, 60 to 40 will be the first to be evenly mixed in.”

“Yes!” Su Dingfang promised to take the Tiger Talisman.

“Rengui, after the team is mixed up, you and Ding Fang will spend some time practicing together to eliminate the weak soldiers from Gao Chang’s ranks.” Qin Mubai said, “The ten thousand soldiers of the Western Expedition brought back by Rengui, the twenty thousand Yue cavalry that I personally decorated, and the survivors of the Yumen Pass are all elite troops that are refined into steel to block ten battles! From now on, this is my Xunyi Mansion, the mainstay of the Kansai Army! There can’t be a single weak soldier among them!”

“Don’t worry, Major Marshal!” Su and Xue both solemnly agreed. Su Dingfang said, “What about the Tibetan captives? There are also Tibetan generals captured alive by the Noble Guild. Garcido is the younger brother of Garqin Mausoleum.”

“The Kunlun Cavalry is undoubtedly a very ferocious cavalry. Try your best to recruit them.” Qin Mubai decisively replied, “However, the food needs to be eaten mouthful by mouthful. We can’t rush to recruit surrendered soldiers. Let’s finish eating and digesting the 20,000 Gaochang soldiers first.”

“That’s very good. Right now, there are only 30,000 of us in the hundred thousand troops of Yumen Pass.” Su Dingfang said, “It takes time and effort to integrate it into a complete and tacit army. No matter what, we must make sure that our former soldiers are the core and backbone of this army!”

“That’s exactly what I was thinking.” Qin Mubai said, “There are no more soldiers but more elites. It’s pointless to focus on numbers.” A hundred thousand mobs were inferior to twenty to thirty thousand elite masters. What we need to do now is to absorb as many elites as possible and assimilate them into our Kansai army. It was like blacksmithing iron. One hammer after another, the dessert would be smashed down firmly. There was no need to feel sorry for the iron getting smaller and smaller. “The rest is the essence!”

A gust of wind blew and snowflakes danced wildly.

Qin Mubai glanced up at the sky with his hand and said, “The heavy snow will probably last for a while. In a few days, the road will be blocked. It seems that it is impossible for the army to start moving. We can only wait for the snow to melt. During this period of time, we will stop cultivating military forces and cultivate in summer and in winter.”

Su Dingfang smiled and said, “Major Marshal wants these soldiers to adapt to the snow and ice on the plateau as soon as possible, right?”

“Whoever knows me, make sure to prescribe it!” Qin Mubai smiled and said, “It’s only a matter of time before we fight Gaer Qinling to the death on the plateau.” Not only do I ask Guan Junxi to adapt to this extremely cold and snowy weather, I also have to overcome the great trouble of breathing on the plateau. The danger of the Jade Gate could be resolved, and the matter of the Western Regions could be temporarily brought to an end. At present, our main strategy is still aimed at Tibet. As soon as the heavy snow stops and the road clears, I will personally lead the army to Dafeichuan! ”

Xue Rengui frowned and hesitated to say anything.

Qin Mubai looked at him and smiled, “Rengui, I know what you want to say-come, let’s go back to seclusion first. When Ding Fang is done with his work, we can also come to my place together. Chen Yan has a good cook. We can have a New Year’s Eve dinner together later.”

“Alright!”

Shortly after, Qin Mubai and Xue Rengui returned to the Jade Gate Pass and arrived at the residence of the Guardian General. Because it was Border Pass City, there wasn’t any magnificent mansion courtyard. It was just a simple house made of green bricks and tiles. It was considered pretty good. Previously, Su Dingfang had demolished 90% of the barracks to defend the city. Only a few brick houses could not be demolished and survived. Most of the soldiers were now living in marching tents.

As soon as they entered the room, the two of them smelled the fragrance, causing their forefingers to swallow their saliva.

“I didn’t expect Mrs. Major Marshal to have such a good cooking skill!” Xue Rengui praised endlessly.

“There’s no need for Rengui to be so generous.” Chen Yan walked out of the kitchen, clapped her hands and smiled, “You and I are old acquaintances and martial practitioners. Just call me Chen Yan.”

“Then how is that possible!” Xue Rengui smiled and said, “Today is different from the past. You are Mubai’s wife.”

“I didn’t marry her.” Chen Yan smiled and glanced at Qin Mubai with a warm gaze. “Even though I’m his daughter’s mother,” she said.

“Cough!” Qin Mubai gave a dry cough and smiled, “Hurry up and serve. I’m hungry!”

“What’s the hurry? Today is New Year’s Eve dinner. There are still distinguished guests coming.” Chen Yan smiled mysteriously and turned around to enter the kitchen. “If you’re hungry, eat a lamb oil pancake and fill your stomachs first.”

Qin Mubai blinked her eyes blankly, “VIP? Is there any other VIP here at Yumen Pass?”